Partition for vanity cases



WL G. KENDALL.

PARTITION FOR VANITY CASES. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29,1920.

1,428,890, PatentedSept. 12,1922.

Patented Sept. 12, 1922.

STATES WI-LIJAM G. KENDALL, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

armon FOR VANITY CASES.

ri en-cam filed June 29,

T 0 ca 10 ham it may concern:

Be "it known that 1, WILLIAM G. KENDALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, hareinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Partitions for VanityCases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in vanity cases and moreparticularly to a novel partition member for such cases.

The invention is especially designed for employment in connection withvanity cases which are designed to hold two compressed powder tablets,one of which may for example be of rouge and the other of face powder,each tablet being provided with an individual powder puff and thepartition member being designed to separate the tablets or pads as wellas their puffs, and one of the primary objects of the invention is to soconstruct the partition member that the same may be readily stamped orotherwise formed from sheet metal, may be readily disposed within thecase and removed therefrom when required and which will be inconspiciousand yet retain the pads or tablets and their respective puffs separatedso that powder from one tablet cannot become comingled with powder fromthe other tablet.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the partition memberthat when the same is in place within the case, it will not only serveas a partitioning means but also as a means for defining separatecompartments within the case within which compartments may beindividually placed the compressed powder tablets or pads and theirrespective puffs, these compartments being of a general contour toconform to the shape of the said tablets and puffs.

It is a further object of the invention to so construct the body of thecase and the partitioning member of the present invention that when themember is disposed within the said body it will be securely held againstaccidental displacement although it may be readily removed wheneverrequired.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a vanity case provided with apartitioning member constructed in accordance with the presentinvention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical front to rear sectional View "011 the line 2'2ofFig. 1.

1920. "Serial No. 392,852.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the partit oning member;

Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through a vanity caseprovided with a modified form 'of partition;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the modified form ofpartitioning member.

In "the drawings the body of the vanity case is indicated in general. bythe numeral 1 and the said body comprises a front wall 2, a rear wall 3,and end walls 4 which connect the front and rear walls along curvedlines conforming generally to the contour of the compressed powdertablets which are to be arranged within the said body 'of the case. Thesaid body also includes a bottom which is indicated by the numeral 5.The lid of the case, indicated in general by the numeral 6, comprises atop 7', a front wall 8, a rear wall 9, and end Walls 10, these wallsbeing arranged in the same manner as the corresponding walls of the bodyof the case, and the said lid being so proportioned that when in closedposition it will fit over the open top of the said body. By reference toFig. 2 of the drawing it will be observed that the upper edge portion ofthe walls 2 and 3 is struck in or oflset inwardly as indicated by thenumeral 11 so as to adapt the outer surfaces of the walls of the lid tolie flush with the outer surfaces of the walls of the body and also soas to provide shoulders 12 extending along the upper portions of thewalls 2 and 3 within the body. The purpose of these shoulders willpresently be explained.

The compressed powder tablets which are to be positioned within the bodyof the case are indicated in general by the numeral 13 and each is ofcircular marginal contour and of any desired construction. In connectionwith each of the powder tablets or pads there is associated a powderpuff indicated by the numeral 14.

The partition member embodying the present invention is designed to bedisposed within the body of the case in such a manner as to definewithin the case two compartmerits indicated by the numeral 15, in whichcompartments the compressed powder tablets or pads with their respectivepuffs are to be housedin the manner clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 ofthe drawings. This partition comprises two members which are formed ofmetal which may ormay not be resilient as found expedient.- "Thepartition I is indicated in general by the numeral 16 and each member isindicated by the numeral 17. Each of-the said members 17 is ofsubstantially semi-annular form and the two members are disposed withthe intermediate portions of their convex sides in contact and arepermanently secured together by stamping out from one of the members a.tongue 18 which is fitted through a slot 19 in the other member and thenbent downwardly as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, for thepurpose stated. Thus the partitions may be ;,said to consist of twoarticle embracing members having their embracingsides presented inopposite directions, and inasmuch as the compressed powder pads ortablets are of circular marginal contour, the members 17 will be adaptedto more or less snugly embrace a side of their respective pads ortablets, the otheruside vof the tablets beingembraced or substantiallyembraced by the adjacent end walls of the bodyof the vanity case inthemanner clearly shown in Fig. 1

In assembling the parti-.

of the drawings. tion with the body of the vanity'case, the

partition is disposed within the case with the article embracing sidesof the said, members 17 presentedtoward or confronting the end wall ofthe said body of the case and.

the said members 17 are preferably although not necessarily soproportioned that their end portionswill engage against the front andrear walls of thebo-dyof the case. any event these members inconjunction with the end walls of the said body will define compartmentswithin the body in which may be disposed and housed the compressedpowder tablets and their respective puffs.

It will probably be foundv desirable to pro vide against accidentaldisplacement of the partition within or the dropping -.of the same fromthe vanity case, and this result I accomplish. in a very simple mannerby formin incisions 20 in the upper corners of each 0" the members'17andsslightly over-y turning the material below thev incisions asindicated by the numeral 21. The incisions.

extend parallel to the upper edgefof the member in which they are formedand by turning out the extremities of the members below the incisions, Iprovide shoulders 22 which, are designedto engage-beneath the shoulders12 when thepartitionis disposed.

As previously stated, the members ,17 comprising the partition may ormay not be formed of resilient metal. ,There areadvantages to be gainedby employing resil- In this ient metal but its use is by no meansessential. In the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 ofthe drawings, the vanity case is indicatedin general by the numeral 23and the same .includes a bottom 24. The case does not differ in factfrom the case pre viously described but within the same I arrange apartition member such as the member shown in Fig. 5 p

The partition member in this form of the invention is formed from asheet metal blank folded medially so as to provide an upstandingpartition portion or. wall 25 comprising portions 26 which either lie-incontact or which are slightly spaced, as" found desirable, and each ofthese portions 26 is provided at its lower edge; with an outstanding.base portion 27. I In assembling the partition withthe case, the formeris disposed within the latter with the base portions 27 restingupontheupper side of the bottom 24: ofthe case, the wall 25 serving tomedially divide the interior of the case into the two compartmentsvwithin which are to be arranged the compressed powder tablets or.

pads which in this form are indicated by the numeral 28. The baseportions 27 are. preferably cut away substantially on. the arc of acircle as indicated by the numeral 29, so as to accommodate the adjacentsides of the bases of therespective pads 28.

In order that'the pads 28 may be retained within the case a diskBO ofpaper or other suitable material is secured by adhesiveas at 31 to theupper side of the bottom 24 015 the case within each of the compartmentsprovided by the partition member, and secured by j adhesive as at 32 tothe upper side of each of the paper disks 30 is the base oftherespective pad or tablet 28. I

Having thus described the invention, what. is claimed as new is:

1. The combination with a vanity case, of a partition for. thesame'comprising resilient article embracing members each ofsubstantially semiannular form, the said members being disposed togetherwith their convex sides in contact and united to each other,

and having their concave sides. presented in opposite directions andtoward the ends of the said case. l

2. The combination with a vanity case having a shoulder formedinteriorly upon opposite walls, of a partition for the interior of thecase comprising an article embracing member having an embracing side toconfront one wall of the case and having its end portions deflectedoutwardly to provide shoulders engageable beneath the first mentionedshoulders. I

In testimony whereof I aflix my signa ture.

WILLIAM e. ENDALL. 'L, 8.]

